{"id":1673350,"date":"2021-04-29T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:51:00","slug":"learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/","title":{"rendered":"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lufuno Mavhunga died by suicide after a video of her being bullied by another learner went viral.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.syndication.prod.inl.infomaker.io\/?uuid=dd55dabb-0c27-5d93-a1ab-a0edac6008e3&amp;function=np_crop&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;q=75&amp;width=960&amp;height=540&amp;x=1&amp;y=1&amp;z=0.5\" alt=\"A teenage girl.\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>Limpopo learner from Mbilwi Secondary School Lufuno Mavhunga died by suicide after being bullied by another learner at school. File picture: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PRETORIA, April 29 (ANA) \u2013 The 14-year-old Mbilwi Secondary School learner arrested for allegedly assaulting fellow learner Lufuno Mavhunga, who later committed suicide, was on Thursday released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBail has been fixed at R1,500 with conditions not to interfere with witnesses. The other condition is that the minor in conflict with the law must not travel outside Limpopo without knowledge of the investigating officer,\u201d said Limpopo spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi.<\/p>\n<p>She said the case has been postponed to May 27 for further investigations by the South African Police Service (SAPS). Malabi-Dzhangi added that the learner has been charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe opposed the bail, considering the seriousness of the offence, even though we are dealing with a child who is in conflict with the law. The court, however, felt that the bail may be fixed, although the defence wanted the child to be released under the custody of her parent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year-old was arrested after an April 12 video \u2013 in which she is allegedly seen assaulting Lufuno \u2013 went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Lufuno later died by suicide at her parents\u2019 home.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Malabi-Dzhangi said the learner had appeared for a preliminary hearing before a presiding officer and that that process had been concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe child in conflict with the law assaulted another learner who later committed suicide. This matter will be dealt with according to the Child Justice Act prescripts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lufuno was buried in Limpopo on April 17. At an emotional memorial service held a day before the burial, her brother Kenneth recounted the six-hour trip he undertook from Pretoria to Limpopo when the teenager took her life after videos showing how she was bullied and assaulted were widely circulated online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe drove for six hours and I can tell you that in those six hours, we hardly spoke for 30 minutes. We were so quiet in the car. We did not know what to talk to each other (about). We understand she is gone and now she is no more,\u201d he told mourners at the memorial service.<\/p>\n<p>One of the viral videos shows Lufuno having a heated conversation with another learner before they are interrupted by a third who slaps her several times.<\/p>\n<p>Lufuno does not fight back but instead tries to reason with her attacker. In the background, other students can be heard cheering on the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>A second video of the same incident shows the two girls being separated by a male learner. Lufuno\u2019s attacker lands a few more slaps and pulls her hair before they are separated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 African News Agency (ANA); Editing by Yaron Blecher<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lufuno Mavhunga died by suicide after a video of her being bullied by another learner went viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":1672365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[371,361],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lufuno Mavhunga died by suicide after a video of her being bullied by another learner went viral.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"African News Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dd55dabb-0c27-5d93-a1ab-a0edac6008e3.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"564\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jonisayi Maromo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jonisayi Maromo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/\",\"name\":\"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9664654971ba940e0e8c54cdd2a44cab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/\",\"name\":\"African News Agency\",\"description\":\"Powering Africa\u2019s growth and development through content\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9664654971ba940e0e8c54cdd2a44cab\",\"name\":\"Jonisayi Maromo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47d95499a3c719a2ee1ed684b78da8f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47d95499a3c719a2ee1ed684b78da8f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jonisayi Maromo\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/author\/jonisayi-maromo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency","og_description":"Lufuno Mavhunga died by suicide after a video of her being bullied by another learner went viral.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/","og_site_name":"African News Agency","article_published_time":"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":564,"url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dd55dabb-0c27-5d93-a1ab-a0edac6008e3.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jonisayi Maromo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jonisayi Maromo","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/","url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/","name":"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail | African News Agency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-29T15:51:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9664654971ba940e0e8c54cdd2a44cab"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/learner-charged-with-assaulting-lufuno-mavhunga-out-on-bail-bb9a58d9-d25f-4f34-af1b-2a1fed7e4bae\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learner charged with assaulting Lufuno Mavhunga out on bail"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/","name":"African News Agency","description":"Powering Africa\u2019s growth and development through content","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9664654971ba940e0e8c54cdd2a44cab","name":"Jonisayi Maromo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/www.africannewsagency.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47d95499a3c719a2ee1ed684b78da8f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47d95499a3c719a2ee1ed684b78da8f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jonisayi Maromo"},"url":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/author\/jonisayi-maromo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}